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Res ults EX: 1. Todd Roper (Yam I; 2 . Bob Pennington (Hon); 3 . Greg Jones (Yam). _ sR. ADV : 1. Joe Ige; 2 . St eve Bigl er (Yam). NOV: 1. Kels ey Menning (s W M) 2. Ooug Gesh ell (Yam); 3 . Rob Stanley (Bel a). ADV: 1. Stev e Dickson (Yam); 2 . J eff Meade (Yam); 3 . Bob TIll (Yam ). INT : 1. James H unt er (Yam ); 2. Don Gard (Fan ); 3 . Mark. Makarov (Hon). SR. NOV; 1. J im Barcus (Vam); 2. Errol Montgomery (M on); 3 . Gary Sm ith (Fan). BEG: 1. TIm Hask in (Bull; 2. Mike King (Yam l; 3. Diane Ga rd (Fan). Mythen'conquers Sand Hill MX By Lee Denlinger BRENTWOOD. CA, DEC. 29 Unda unted by track conditions, Ri ch Myth en rode to the overall win in combined Pro racing at Sand Hill. Myth en (Dia blo Sp orts/Cycl e G ea r) was top 250cc Pro. besting 125cc P ro Terry Bostard (Co nco rd Yamaha/Malcolm Sm ith / Scott USA/ FM F Pi p es/McClain Motors /PJ IIDirt Riders Det ergent) and Open Pro Bill Jamerson (Ma xima / H iPoint/Sacramento Honda ). Of th e 78 starters. only 47 made it through both motos. In th e Cirst co m bin ed P ro mota. Mythen gra bbed th e winning line and raced un challenged to th e wire. Bostard sta rted third a nd overt ook Jamerson C seco n d place. or In moto tw o , Myth en duked it out with Bastard. with Bostard passing o n the jumps, only to be overtaken by Myth en o n the hills. With less th an tw o laps left , Bostard o pe ned th e throttle an d stre tch ed o u t a tw obikelen gth lead. His lead wa s o n ly momentary, as h is leg cra m pe d and hi s m ach ine slid into a m ud bo g. Myth en powered by as Bostard roosterta iled o ut o f th e stic ky stu ff, followed closel y by J amerson. It was a Myth enBo st ard - J am er son Cinish i n both motos, but fir st places for eac h in th eir respective cla sses. Onl y o ne -ha lf o f th e sta rters sa w th e ch eckers in th e mixed 80cc Jun ior/ I n te r m ed ia te ra ce. Int ermediate rider Dale Ra yzo r (PJ I/ Bro wn Racing Prep/ Am 'e Goggles an d Grips/ Contra Honda ) grabbed th e holesh ot in th e fi rst moto an d was in excellent position to set the pace Cor the ra ce unti l Yamaha-mounted Ray Crumb opened th e throttle and outmaneuvered Rayzor in the third lap . As Crumb stre tche d out his lead, R a yzor held off Doug DeLay (Ken ny Ro bert s Yamaha ) for th e seco nd -p lace position. DeLay bit th e mud o n th e last lap. opening up the third-place slot Cor Pat Bennett (Yam ). In th e second m oto, Crumb grabbed th e winning line to th e ch eckers while th e rest of the pack was Iighting to stay upri ght in th e mud. Ra yzor got bo gged down a n d wat ched Intermediate rider Patrick Lutz power hi s Yamah a past, foll owed by Junior class riders Pete P iantanida (Cont ra Co st a H onda /M o to-X Fox /PJ I ). J ason Gibson (Yam), J a son J ohnson (K aw ) a nd Robert Schaeffer (Ya m) . Crumb got th e victory in th e Intermedi at e class, while Pi anran ido 's 3- 1 tall y earned him top 80cc Junior honor s. With lap times that eq ua led th e 80 cc Juni or cl a ss w i n ne r , 80 cc Beginner T yr Denlinger (T ri-Valley Honda ) grabbed the holeshot in both motos and rode uncontested to the checkered £lag. As th e thickening mud rooted bikes to th e track, KX rider Scott Rounsavi lle and Suzuki mounted Justi n Crombey struggled 10 stay upright as the only other finish ers in the Mini Beginner's class. U na ware that60cc was not enough horsepower to tackle the mud, Kawasaki riders Seth Young and Casey Johnson scooted around the track to be the only two in a field of five star- TIIJ• 1m as SIJiJIIS as 111 n. A t Torco, we 're committed to being the best at what we do, and what we do is produce the finest motorcycle lubricants you can buy. We worlc hard on producing ol/s you can count on, even under the most severe conditions. Torco challenges you. if you are not fully satisfied with any of our ol/s from our 2·cycle . racing oil, GP·7, to our full line of gear and fork ol/s and assembly lubes. we will refund your money. Try us. We 're Toreo. We 're as serious asyou are. TDrt# USA t,J,brlUIJIJ '1247 ut"NfIl An'. $Inti F. SpnnflS. CA J06Tt1 (2131 946-3SJ1 Motorcycle World with Larry Huffman m via satellite This Su nday's sp ecial g uests are: **BOB " HURRICANE" HANNAH ** and ** DICK HILL **. Motojournal ist It comes to you live, every Sunday night from 10 to 11 p.m. . KOLA 99.9 FM Los An geles/Riversid e Orange Co.lSan Bernardino KTI M 100.9 FM San Francisco/Oakland Call in an d tal k with all the lap personalities. and be part or motorcycle world. KY L O 105.5 FM Sacra men to XTRA "Extra Gold" 690 AM Strongest AM Station in Western U.S. Sponsored by: 1-(800) 228-5249 or (714) 66 1-1962 31